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CPT® 77371, Under Stereotactic Radiation Treatment Delivery

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 77371 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Stereotactic Radiation Treatment Delivery.

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This code represents the technical component of stereotactic radiosurgery, in which a provider uses a three–dimensional coordinate system to locate small targets or lesions inside the brain and destroys them using externally generated ionized radiation. He uses a multi–source Cobalt 60 system as a source of radiation that generates high energy gamma rays.

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